THE BESORAH: THE ENTIRE BOOK OF JOHN

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. 2 He was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All came to be through Him, and without Him not even one came to be that came to be. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from Elohim, whose name was Yoḥanan. 7 This one came for a witness, to bear  witness of the Light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not that Light, but that he might bear witness of that Light. 9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came to be through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own and His own did  not receive Him. 12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of  the desire of esh of esh nor of the desire of  man, but of Elohim. 14 And the Word became esh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only  brought-forth of a father, complete in favour and truth. 15 Yoḥanan bore witness of Him and cried out , saying, “This was He of  whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has become before me, because He was  before me.’ ” 16 And out of His completeness we all

did receive, and favour upon favour, 17 for the Torah was given through Mosheh – the favour and the truth came through OSwhy Messiah. 18  No one has ever seen Elohim. The only brought-forth Son, who is in the  bosom of the Father, He did declare. 19 Now this was the witness of  Yoḥanan when the Yahuḏim sent from Yerushalayim priests and Lĕwites to ask  him, “Who are you?” 20 And he confessed and did not deny, not deny,  but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 And they asked him, “What then, are you Ĕliyahu?” So he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 Therefore they said to him, “Who are you, so that we give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ,’ as the prophet the way of HWHY ,’ Yeshayahu said.” 24 And those sent were of the Pharisees, 25 and they asked him, saying,“Why then do you immerse if you are not the Messiah, nor Ĕliyahu, nor the Prophet?” 26 Yoḥanan answered them, saying, “I immerse in water, but in your midst stands One whom you do not know, 27 the One coming after me, who has  become before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loosen.” 28 This took place in Bĕyth Anyah  beyond the Yard Yardĕn, where Yoḥanan was immersing. 29 The next day Yoḥanan saw OSwhy  coming toward him, and said, “See, the Lamb of Elohim who takes away the  sin of the world! 30 “This is He of whom I said,‘After me comes a Man who has become before

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me, for He was before me.’ 31 “And I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Yisra’ĕl, therefore I came immersing in water.” 32 And Yoḥanan bore witness, saying, “I have seen the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and remain on Him. 33 “And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit coming down and remaining on Him, this is He who immerses in the Setapart Spirit.’ 34 “And I have seen and have witnessed that this is the Son of Elohim.” 35 Again the following day, Yoḥanan was standing with two of his taught ones, 36 and looking at OSwhy walking, he said, “See the Lamb of Elohim of Elohim!” 37 And the two taught ones heard him speaking and they followed OSwhy . 38 And OSwhy turning, and seeing them following, said to them, “What  do you seek?” And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They went and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day. Now it was about the tenth hour. 40 Andri, the brother of Shim‛on K ĕ pha, was one of the two who heard from Yoḥanan, and followed Him. 41 First he found his own brother  Shim‛on and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means the Anointed). 42 And he brought him to OSwhy . And looking at him, OSwhy said,“Y said,“You ou are ar e Shim‛on, the son of Yonah, you shall  shall be be called K ĕ pha” (which means A Stone). Stone). 43 On the following day OSwhy wished to go to Galil, and He found Philip and said to him,“Follow Me.” 44 And Philip was from Bĕyth Tsaiḏa, the city of Andri and K ĕ pha. 45 Philip found Nethanĕ’l and said to him, “We have found Him whom Mosheh wrote of in the Torah, and the  prophets: OSwhy of Natsareth – the son of Yosĕ ph.”

And Nethanĕ’l said to him, “Is it matter to to come possible for any good matter  out of Natsareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 OSwhy saw Nethanĕ’l coming toward Him, and said of him, “See, truly a Yisra’ĕlite, in whom is no deceit !” !” 48  Nethanĕ’l said to Him, “From where do You know me?” OSwhy answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the g tree, I saw you.” 49  Nethanĕ’l answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of Elohim! You are the Sovereign of Yisra’ĕl!” 50 OSwhy answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under  tree,’’ do you believe? Greater  the g tree, see.” than that you shall  shall see. 51 And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I see say to you, from now on you shall  shall see the heaven opened and the messengers of Elohim ascending and descending upon the Son of Aḏam.” 46

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And on the third day there was a wedding in Qanah of Galil, and the mother of OSwhy was there. 2 And both OSwhy and His taught ones were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they were short of wine, the mother of OSwhy said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 OSwhy said to her, “Woman, what is that to Me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “ Do whatever He whatever He says to you.” 6 And there were six stone water-jugs standing there, according to the mode of  Yahuḏim, each holding cleansing of the Yahu two or three measures. 7 OSwhy said to them, “Fill the water jugs with water water.” .” And they lled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them,“Now draw out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9  But when the master of the feast had

1125 tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from  – though the servants who had drawn the water knew – the master of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, “Every man at the  beginning sets out the good wine and, when they have drunk, then that which is poor er. er. You have kept the good wine now.”” until now. 11 This, the beginning of the signs, OSwhy did in Qanah of Galil, and manifested His esteem. And His taught ones believed in Him. 12 After this He went down to Kephar   Naḥum, He and His mother, and His  brothers, and His taught ones. And there they stayed not many days. 13 And the Passover of the Yahu Yahuḏim was near, and OSwhy went up to Yerushalayim. 14 And He found in the Set-apart Place those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers sitting. 15 And having made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the Set-apart Place, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the moneychangers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16 doves,, And He said to those selling doves not make “Take these away! Do not  make the house of My Father a house of  merchandise!” 17 And His taught ones remembered that it was written, “The ardour for  Your house has eaten Me up.” 18 And the Yahu Yahuḏim answered and said sign do You show to us, to Him, “What  What sign since You are doing these?” 19 OSwhy answered and said to them, “Destroy this Dwelling Place, and in three days I shall  shall raise raise it.” 20 Then the Yahuḏim said, “It took  fortysix years to build this Dwelling Place, and You are going to raise it in three days?” 21  But He  But  He spoke about the Dwelling Place of His body. 22 So, when He was raised from the dead, His taught ones remembered that He said this to them. And And they

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believed the Scripture and the word which OSwhy had said. 23 And when He was in Yerushalayim at the Passover, at the festival, many believed in His Name when they saw the signs which He was doing. 24  But OSwhy was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all  men,, men 25 and had no need that anyone should man,, for He knew what was of man witness of  man.. in man

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And there was a man of the Pharisees, Naḵ dimon dimon was his name, a ruler of the Yahuḏim. 2 This one came to OSwhy by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from Elohim, for no one is able to do these signs You do if Elohim is not with him.” 3 OSwhy answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is  born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.” 4  Naḵ dimon dimon said to Him, “ How is a man able to be born when he is old? Is he able to enter into his mother’s womb a second time and be born?” 5 OSwhy answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he is unable to enter into enter into the reign of Elohim. 6 “That which has been born of the  esh is esh, and that which has been  born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 “ Do not  not marvel marvel that I said to you, ‘You have to be born from above.’ 8 “The Spirit breathes where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but do not  know where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.” 9  Naḵ dimon dimon answered and said to Him, “ How is it possible for this to take  place?” 10 OSwhy answered and said to him, “ Are you the teacher of Yisra’ĕl, and do not know this? 11 “Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak 

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what We know and witness what We have seen, and you do not receive not receive Our witness. 12  you do not believe when I spoke “ If  you to you about earthly matters, how are you going to believe when I speak to you about the heavenly matters? 13 “And no one has gone up into the heaven except  except He He who came down from the heaven – the Son of Aḏam. 14 “And as Mosheh lifted up the serpent  in the wilderness, even so the Son of  Aḏam has to be lifted up, 15 so that whoever is believing in perish but Him should not perish  but possess everlasting life. 16 “For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes perish but in Him should not perish  but possess everlasting life. 17 not send His Son “For Elohim did not send into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 ”He who believes in Him is not  judged, but he who does not believe is judged already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only  brought-forth Son of Elohim. 19 “And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked . 20 “For everyone who is practising evil  matters hates the light and does not  come to the light, lest his works should  be exposed. 21 “ But the one doing the truth comes to the light, so that his works are clearly seen, that they have been wrought in Elohim.” 22 After this, OSwhy and His taught ones came into the land of Yahuḏah, and He remained there with them, and was immersing. 23 And Yoḥanan was also immersing in Ayin near Salim, because there was  plenty of water there. And they were coming and were being immersed, 24 for Yoḥanan had not yet been put into

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Then a dispute arose between some of  Yoḥanan’s taught ones and the Yahu Yahuḏim about cleansing, 26 and they came to Yoḥanan and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you  beyond the Yard Yardĕn, to whom you have witnessed, see, He is immersing, and all are coming to Him!” 27 Yoḥanan answered and said, “No man is able to receive any matter unless it is given to him from the heaven. 28 “You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but I am sent ahead of Him.’ 29 ”He that has the bride is the  bridegroom, but the friend of the  bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of  the bridegroom. So this joy of mine is complete. 30 “It is right for Him to increase, but me to decrease. 31 ”He who comes from above is over  all, he who is from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from the heaven is over all. 32 “And what He has seen and heard, that He witnesses. And no one receives His witness. 33 ”He who receives His witness has set his seal that Elohim is true. 34 “For He whom Elohim has sent speaks the Words of Elohim, for  not give the Spirit by Elohim does not give measure. 35 “The Father loves the Son, and has given all into His hand. 36 ”He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life,  but the wrath of Elohim remains on him.”

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So when the Master knew that the Pharisees had heard that OSwhy  made and immersed more taught ones than tha n Yo Yoḥanan –  2 although OSwhy Himself did not  immerse, but His taught ones – 

YOḤANAN 4 1127 3 18 for you have had ve husbands, husbands, and He left Yahuḏah and went away again to Galil. the one whom you now have is not your  4 husband. What you have said is true.” And He had to pass through 19 The woman said to Him, “Master, I Shomeron. 5 see that You are a prophet. So He came to a city of Shomeron, 20 “Our fathers worshipped on this called Sheḵ em, em, near the piece of land mountain, but you people say that in Ya‛aqoḇ gave to his son Yosĕ ph. Yerushalayim is the place where one 6 And Ya‛aqoḇ’s fountain was there. needs to worship.” So OSwhy , being wearied from the 21 OSwhy said to her, “Woman,  journey,, was sitting thus at the fountain.  journey believe Me, the hour is coming when It was about the sixth hour. you shall neither on this mountain, nor  7 A woman of Shomeron came to draw in Yerushalayim, worship the Father. water. OSwhy said to her, “Give Me 22 “You worship what you do not know. to drink.” 8 For His taught ones had gone off into We worship what we know, because the deliverance is of the Yahuḏim. the city to buy food. 23 9 “ But the hour is coming, and now The woman of Shomeron therefore said to Him, “ How is it that You, being a is, when the true worshippers shall  Yahuḏite, ask a drink from me, a woman worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also does seek such to of Shomeron?” For Yahuḏim do not  worship Him. associate with Shomeronites. 24 10 “Elohim is Spirit, and those who OSwhy answered and said to her, need to worship Him need  to worship in spirit “ If you knew the gift of Elohim, and and truth.” who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me to 25 The woman said to Him, “I know drink,’ you you would have asked Him, and that Messiah is coming, the One who is He would have given you living water.” 11 called Anointed. When that One comes, The woman said to Him, “Master, He shall  shall announce announce to us all.” You have no vessel, and the well is 26 OSwhy said to her, “I who am deep. From where, then, do You have speaking to you am He.” living water? 27 12 And upon this His taught ones came, “Are You greater than our father  and they were marvelling that He was Ya‛aqoḇ, who gave us the well, and speaking with a woman, however, no drank from it himself, and his sons, and one said, “What do You seek?”or, his cattle?” 13 “Why do You speak with her?” OSwhy answered and said to her, 28 The woman then left her water-jug, “Everyone drinking of this water shall  and went away to the city, and thirst again, 14 said to the men,  but whoever drinks of the water I give 29 ”Come, see a Man who told me all him shall certainly never thirst. And the that I have done. Is this not the water that I give him shall  become  become in him a fountain of water springing up into Messiah?” 30 They went out of the city and were everlasting life.” 15 coming to Him. The woman said to Him, “Master, 31  But in the meantime His taught ones not thirst, give me this water, so that I do not thirst, were asking Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” nor come here to draw.” 32 16 And He said to them, “I have food to OSwhy said to her, “Go, call your  eat of which you do not know.” husband, and come here.” 33 17 Then the taught ones said to each The woman answered and said, “I other, “Did anyone bring Him have no husband.” OSwhy said to her,  food to  food  to eat?” “You “Y ou have well said,‘I have no husband,’ 34 OSwhy said to them,“My food is to

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And immediately the man became well, and he took up his bed and was walking. Now it was Sabbath on that day. 10 The Yahuḏim therefore said to him who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, it is not right for you to take up the bed.” 11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ” 12 Therefore they asked him,“Who is the Man who said to you,‘T you,‘Take ake up your bed and walk’?” 13  But the one who was healed did  not know who it was, for OSwhy  had moved away, away, a crowd being in that  place. 14 Afterward OSwhy found him in the Set-apart Place and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, so that no worse matter befalls you.” 15 The man went away, away, and told the Yahuḏim that it was OSwhy who made him well. 16 And because of this the Yahuḏim  persecuted OSwhy, and were seeking to kill Him, because He was doing these healings on the Sabbath. 17  But OSwhy answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work.” 18 Because of this, then, the Yahuḏim were seeking all the more to kill Him, ‘because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He also called Elohim His own Father, making Himself equal with Elohim.’ 19 Therefore OSwhy responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is able to do none at all by Himself , but only that which He sees whatever He He the Father doing, because whatever  does, the Son also likewise does. 20 “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all that He Himself does. And greater works than these He is going to show Him, in order that you marvel. 21 “For as the Father raises the dead  and makes alive, even so the Son makes alive whom He wishes.

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“For the Father judges no one,but has given all the judgment to the Son, 23 that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not  value the Son does not value not value the Father who sent Him. 24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me possesses everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but, has passed from death into life. 25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead   shall hear  shall  hear the voice of the Son of  Elohim. And those having heard shall  live. 26 “For as the Father possesses life in Himself , so He gave also to the Son to possess life in Himself , 27 and He has given Him authority also to do judgment, because He is the Son of Aḏam. 28 not marvel “ Do not  marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the tombs shall  shall hear hear His voice, 29 and shall  shall come come forth – those who have done good, to the resurrection of  life, and those who have practised evil  matters, to a resurrection of judgment. 30 “Of Myself I am unable to do any matter. As I hear, I judge and My  judgment is righteous, because I do not  seek My own desire, but the desire of  the Father who sent Me. 31 “ If I bear witness of Myself , My witness is not  not true. true. 32 “There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 “You have sent to Yoḥanan, and he  bore witness to the truth. 34 not receive witness from “ But I do not receive man, but I say this in order that you might be saved. 35 ”He was the burning and shining lamp, and for a while you wished to rejoice in his light. 36 “ But I have a greater witness than that of Yoḥanan, for the works that the Father gave Me to accomplish, the works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

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“And the Father who sent Me, He bore witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 not have His Word “And you do not have staying in you, because you do not  believe Him whom He sent. 39 “You search the Scriptures, because you think  think you you possess everlasting life in them. And And these are the ones that bear  witness of Me. 40  you do not desire to come to Me “ But  you in order to possess life. 41 not receive esteem from men, “I do not receive 42  but I know you, that you do not have the love of Elohim in you. 43 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another  comes in his own name, him you would receive. 44 “ How are you able to believe, when you are receiving esteem from one another, and the esteem that is from the not seek? only Elohim you do not seek? 45 think that I shall accuse you “ Do not think that to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Mosheh, in whom you have set your expectation. 46 “For if you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, since he wrote about Me. 47 “ But if  if you you do not believe his writings, how shall you believe My words?”

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After this OSwhy went away to the other side of the Sea of Galil, that is Lake Kinnereth. 2 And a large crowd was following Him, because they saw His signs which He did on those who were sick. 3 And OSwhy went up on a mountain, and there He sat down with His taught ones. 4 And the Passover was near, the Yahuḏim. festival of the Yahu 5 Then OSwhy , lifting up His eyes and seeing a large crowd coming toward Him, said to Philip, “Where shall we  buy bread for them to eat?”

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And this He said, trying him, for He Himself knew what He would do. 7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred  pieces of silver worth of bread is not sufcient for them, for every one of  them to receive a little.” 8 One of His taught ones, Andri, the  brother of Shim‛on K ĕ pha, said to Him, 9 “Here is a boy who has ve barley loaves and two sh, but what are these for so many?” 10 And OSwhy said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place, and the men, numbering about ve thousand, sat down. 11 And OSwhy took the loaves and having given thanks He distributed them to the taught ones and the taught ones to those sitting down. And the same with the sh, as much as they wished. 12 And when they were lled, He said to His taught ones, “Gather the broken  pieces that are left over, so that none gets wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and lled twelve baskets with broken pieces of the ve barley loaves which were left over   by those who had eaten. 14 Then the men, having seen the sign that OSwhy did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is coming to the world.” 15 Then OSwhy , knowing that they were about to come and seize Him, that they might make Him sovereign, withdrew again to the mountain, alone  by Himself . 16 And when evening came, His taught ones went down to the sea, 17 and entering  entering into into the boat, they were going over the sea toward Kephar   Naḥum. And And it had already become dark, and OSwhy had not yet come to them. 18 And the sea was rising because a wind was was blowing. great wind  19 When they had rowed about ve or six kilometers, they saw OSwhy  walking on the sea and coming near the  boat, and they were afraid . 20 And He said to them,“It is I, do not  be  be afraid .” .”

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They wished therefore to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat was at the land where they were going. 22 On the next day, the crowd that was standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there except  that one into which His taught ones had entered, and that OSwhy had not entered the boat with His taught ones,  but His taught ones went away alone –  23  but other boats came from Kinnereth, near the place where they ate bread after the Master had given thanks –  24 therefore when the crowd saw that OSwhy was not there, nor His taught ones, they themselves also entered into the boats and came to Kephar Naḥum, seeking OSwhy . 25 And having found Him on the other  side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?” 26 OSwhy answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek  Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satised. 27 “ Do not  not labour labour for the food that is perishing but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏam shall give you, for the Father, Elohim, has set His seal on Him.” 28 So they said to Him, “What should we do to work the works of Elohim?” 29 OSwhy answered and said to them, “This is the work of Elohim, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “What  What sign sign then would You do, so that we see and You do? believee You? believ You? What would You 31 “Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread out of the heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Therefore OSwhy said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Mosheh did not give not give you the bread out of the heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of the heaven. 33 “For the bread of Elohim is He who comes down out of the heavens and

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gives life to the world.” 34 So they said to Him, “Master, give us this bread always.” 35 And OSwhy said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me  shall not get hungry at all, and he who believes in Me shall not get thirsty at all. 36 “ But I said to you that you have seen Me, and still do not believe. 37 “All that the Father gives Me shall  come to Me, and the one who comes to cast out.  by no means cast  out. Me I shall  by 38 “Because I have come down out of  the heaven, not to do My own desire, but the desire of Him who sent Me. 39 “This is the desire of the Father who sent Me, that all He has given Me I should not lose of it, but should raise it in the last day. 40 “And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall  shall raise raise him up in the last day.” 41 Therefore the Yahuḏim were  grumbling against Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down out of the heaven.” 42 And they said, “Is not this OSwhy , the son of o f Yos Yosĕ ph, whose father and mother we know? know? How   How is it then that He says,‘I have come down out of the heaven’?” 43 Then OSwhy answered and said to them, “ Do not grumble with one another. 44 “No one is able to come to Me unless the Father, who sent Me draws him. And I shall  shall raise raise him up in the last day. 45 “It has been written in the prophets, shall all all be taught by ‘And they shall  HWHY .’ .’ Everyone, then, who has heard from the Father and learned, comes to Me. 46 “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He except  He who is from Elohim – He has seen the Father. 47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me possesses everlasting life. 48 “I am the bread of life. 49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the

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1132 said to you that no one is able to come wilderness and they died. 50 “This is the bread which comes down to Me unless it has been given to him by My Father Fa ther..” out of the heaven, so that anyone might 66 From then on many of His taught eat of it, and not die. 51 ones withdrew and were not walking “I am the living bread which came with Him any more. down out of the heaven. heaven. If   If anyone eats 67 OSwhy therefore said to the of this bread, he shall  shall live live forever. And twelve, “ Do you also wish to go away?” indeed, the bread that I shall give is My 68  esh, which I shall give for the life of  Then Shim‛on K ĕ pha answered Him, the world.” “Master, to whom shall we go? You 52 The Yahuḏim, therefore, were striving possess words of everlasting life. 69 with one another, saying, “ How is this “And we have believed and we know One able to give us His esh to eat?” that You are the Messiah, the Son of the 53 OSwhy therefore said to them, living Elohim.” 70 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you OSwhy answered them, “Have I not eat the esh of the Son of Aḏam and chosen you, the twelve, and one of you drink His blood, you possess no life in is a devil ?” ?” 71 yourselves. He was now speaking of Yahuḏah 54 “He who eats My esh and drinks My from Qerioth, the son of Shim‛on, for he, blood possesses everlasting life and I one of the twelve, was about to deliver  shall raise  shall  raise him up in the last day. Him up. 55 “For My esh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. 56 “He who eats My esh and drinks My And after this OSwhy was blood stays in Me and I in him. walking in Galil, for He did not wish to 57 “As the living Father sent Me, and walk in Yahuḏah, because the Yahuḏim I live because of the Father, so he who were seeking to kill Him. 2 feeds on Me shall  shall live live because of Me. And the festival of the Yahu Yahuḏim was 58 “This is the bread which came down near, the Festival of Booths. 3 So His brothers said to Him, ‘Get out of the heaven, not as your fathers ate away from here and go into Yahuḏah, the manna and died. He who eats this so that Your taught ones also see the bread shall  shall live live forever.” 59 works that You are doing. He said this in a congregation, while 4 “For no one acts in secret while he teaching in Kephar Naḥum. 60 himself seeks to be known openly. If  Therefore many of His taught ones You do these works, show Yourself to having heard, said,“This word is hard , the world.” who is able to hear it?” 5 61 For even His brothers did not believe  But OSwhy knowing within in Him. Himself that His taught ones were 6 OSwhy therefore said to them, “My  grumbling about  grumbling  about this, said to them, time has not yet come, but your time is “ Does this make you stumble you stumble?? 62 always ready. “What if you see the Son of Aḏam 7 “It is impossible for the world to hate going up where He was before?” 63 you, but it hates Me because I bear  “It is the Spirit that gives life, the witness of it, that its works are wicked .  esh does not prot not prot at all. The words 8 “You go up to this festival. I am not that I speak to you are Spirit and are yet going up to this festival, for My life. 64 time has not yet been lled.” “ But there are some of you who do 9 And having said this to them, He not believe.” OSwhy knew from the stayed in Galil.  beginning who they were who did not  10  But when His brothers had gone up to believe, and who would deliver Him up. 65 the festival, then He also went up, And He said, “Because of this I have

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YOḤANAN 7 1133 not openly, openly, but as it were in secret. say none at all to Him. Could it be that 11 The Yahuḏim, therefore, were seeking the rulers truly know that this is truly Him at the festival, and said,“Where is the Messiah? 27 He?” “ But we know where this One is 12 grumbling about And there was much grumbling  about from. And when the Messiah comes, no Him among the crowd. Some were one knows where He is from.” saying, “He is good,” but others were 28 OSwhy therefore cried out in out in the saying, “No, but He is leading the crowd Set-apart Place, teaching and saying, astray.” astray .” “You both know Me, and you know 13 However,, no one spoke openly of  However where I am from. I have not come of  Yahuḏim. Him for fear of the Yahu Myself , but He who sent Me is true, 14 And about the middle of the festival whom you do not know. OSwhy went up into the Set-apart 29 “ But I know Him, because I am from Place, and He was teaching. Him and He sent Me.” 15 And the Yahu Yahuḏim were marvelling, 30 So they were seeking to seize Him, saying, “ How does this Man know  but no one laid a hand on Him, because letters, not having learned?” His hour had not yet come. 16 OSwhy answered them and said, 31 And many of the crowd believed “My teaching is not Mine but His who in Him, and said, “When the Messiah sent Me. comes, shall  shall He He do more signs than 17 “ If anyone desires to do His desire, these which this One did?” he shall  shall know know concerning the teaching, 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whether it is from Elohim, or whether I whether I muttering these matters concerning Him speak from Myself . and the Pharisees and the chief priests 18 “He who speaks from himself is sent ofcers to seize Him. seeking his own esteem, but He who 33 Therefore OSwhy said to them, seeks the esteem of the One who sent “Yet a little while I am with you, then I Him is true, and no unrighteousness is go to Him who sent Me. in Him. 34 “You shall  shall seek seek Me and you shall not 19 “Did not Mosheh give you the nd Me, and where I am you are unable Torah? Yet not one of you does the to come.” Torah! Why do you seek to kill Me?” 35 The Yahuḏim, therefore, said to 20 The crowd answered and said, “You themselves, “Where is He about to have a demon, who seeks to kill You?” go that we shall not nd Him? Is He 21 OSwhy answered and said to them, about to go to the Dispersion among the “I did one work and you all marvel. Greeks, and to teach the Greeks? 22 “Because of this Mosheh has given 36 “What is this word which He said, you the circumcision – though it is not ‘You shall  shall seek seek Me and you shall not from Mosheh, but from the fathers – and nd Me and where I am you are unable you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. to come’?” 23 “ If a man receives circumcision 37 And on the last day, the great day on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of  of the festival, OSwhy stood and cried  Mosheh should not be broken, are you out , saying, “ If anyone thirsts, let him wroth with Me because I made a man come to Me, and let him who believes entirely well on the Sabbath? in Me drink . 24 “ Do not judge according to 38 “As the Scripture said, out of His appearance, but judge with righteous innermost shall ow rivers of living  judgment.” water.” 25 Therefore some of them from 39 And this He said concerning the Yerushalayim said, “Is this not He whom Spirit, which those believing in Him they are seeking to kill ? were about to receive, for the Set-apart 26 “And see! He speaks boldly, and they

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1134 adultery. Spirit was not yet given, because 5 OSwhy was not yet esteemed. “And in the Torah Mosheh 40 commanded us that such should be Many from the crowd, when they stoned. What then do You say?” heard the word, then said, “This truly 6 And this they said, trying Him, is the Prophet.” 41 so that they might accuse Him. Him. But   But  Others said, “This is the Messiah,”  but others said, “Does the Messiah then OSwhy , bending down, wrote on the come out of Galil? ground with the nger, as though He did  42 “Did not the Scripture say that the not hear. 7 Messiah comes from the seed of Dawiḏ  But as they kept on questioning Him, and from the village of Bĕyth Leḥem, He straightened up and said to them, where Dawiḏ was?” “He who is without sin among you, let 43 So a division came about among the him be the rst to throw a stone at her.” 8  people because of Him. And bending down again, He wrote 44 And some of them wished to take on the ground. 9 Him, but no one laid hands on Him. And when they heard it, being 45 The ofcers therefore came to the reproved by their conscience, their conscience, went out chief priests and Pharisees. And they one by one, beginning from the older  said to them, “Why did you not bring ones until the last. And OSwhy was left Him?” alone, and the woman standing in the 46 The ofcers answered, “Never has middle. 10 any man spoken like this Man!” And OSwhy , straightening up and 47 The Pharisees, therefore, answered seeing no one but the woman, said to them, “Have you also been led astray astray?? her, “Woman, where are those accusers 48 “Has anyone of the rulers or of the of yours? Did no one condemn you?” 11 Pharisees believed in Him? And she said, “No one, Master.” 49 And OSwhy said to her, “Neither do I “ But this crowd that does not know condemn you. Go and sin no more.” the Torah is accursed .” .” 12 50 Therefore OSwhy spoke to them  Naḵ dimon dimon - he who came to OSwhy  again, saying, “I am the light of the  by night, being one of them - said to world. He who follows Me shall  by  by no them, 51 means walk in darkness, but possess the “ Does our Torah judge the man light of life.” unless it hears rst from him and 13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, knows what he is doing?” “You bear witness about Yourself , Your 52 They answered and said to him, “Are is not  not true. true.” you also from Galil? Search and see that witness 14 OSwhy answered and said to them, no prophet has arisen out of Galil.” “Even if I witness concerning Myself , 53 And each one went to his own house. My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But   you do not know from where I come, or  And OSwhy went to the Mount where I go. of Olives. 15 “You judge according to the esh, 2 And at dawn He came again into the I judge no one. Set-apart Place, and all the people were 16 “ But even if I do judge, My judgment coming to Him. And having sat down, is true, because I am not alone in it, but He was teaching them. I and the Father who sent Me. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought 17  your Torah also also,, it has been “In your  “In to Him a woman caught in adultery. written that the witness of two men is And having set her in the midst, true. 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this 18 “I am One who witnesses concerning woman was caught in the act of 

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YOḤANAN 8 1135 servants to no one at any time. Myself, and the Father who sent Me time. How   How do witnesses concerning Me.” you say, ‘You shall  become  become free’?” 19 34 Therefore they said to Him, “Where OSwhy answered them, “Truly, is Your Father? F ather?” OSwhy answered, truly, I say to you, everyone doing sin is “You know neither Me nor My Father Fa ther.. a servant   servant of  of sin. sin. 35  If you knew Me, you would have not stay in the “And the servant does not stay known My Father also.” house forever – a son stays forever. 20 These words OSwhy spoke in the 36 “If, then, the Son makes you free, you treasury, teaching in the Set-apart  shall be  shall  be free indeed. Place. And no one laid hands on Him, 37 “I know that you are the seed of  because His hour had not yet come. Aḇraham, but you seek to kill Me 21 Therefore OSwhy said to them again, because My word has no place in you. “I am going away, and you shall  shall seek  seek  38 “I speak what I have seen with My Me and you shall die in your sin. your sin. Where Father, and you do what you have heard  I go you are unable to come.”  father .” from your  father  .” 22 Then the Yahuḏim said, “ Shall   Shall He He 39 They answered and said to Him, kill Himself , because He says, ‘Where I “Aḇrahim is our father .” father .” OSwhy  go you are unable to come’?” said to them, “ If you were Aḇraham’s 23 And He said to them, “You are from children, you would do the works of   below, I am from above. You are of this Aḇraham. world, I am not of this world. 40 “ But   But now now you seek to kill Me, a Man 24 “Therefore I said to you that you who has spoken to you the truth which your sins.. For if you if you do not   shall die in your sins I heard from Elohim. Aḇraham did not  believe that I am He, you shall die in do this. sins.” your sins your  .” 41 “You do the works of your father.” 25 Then they said to Him, “Who are Then they said to Him, “We were not You?” And OSwhy said to them,  born of whoring, of whoring, we have one Father: “Altogether that “Altogether  that which I even say to Elohim.” you! 42 OSwhy said to them, “ If   If Elohim Elohim 26 “I have much to say and to judge were your Father, you would love Me, concerning you. But   But He He who sent Me is for I came forth from Elohim, and am true, and what I heard from Him, these here. For I have not come of Myself , but Words I speak to the world.” He sent Me. 27  They did not know that He spoke to 43 “Why do you not know what I say? them of the Father. Because you are unable to hear My 28 So OSwhy said to them, “When Word. you lift up the Son of Aḏam, then you 44 “You “Y ou are of your father the devil, and   shall know  shall  know that I am He, and that I do the desires of your father you wish to do. none at all of Myself , but as My Father  He was a murder murderer er from the beginning, taught Me, these words I speak. and has not stood in the truth, because 29 “And He who sent Me is with Me. there is no truth in him. When he speaks The Father has not left Me alone, for I the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a always do what pleases Him.” liar and the father of it. 30 As He was speaking these words, 45 “And because I speak the truth, you many believed in Him. do not believe Me. 31 So OSwhy said to those Yahuḏim 46 “Who of you proves Me wrong  who believed Him, “ If you stay in My concerning sin? If I speak the truth, Word, you are truly My taught ones, why do you not believe Me? 32 and you shall  shall know know the truth, and 47 “He who is of Elohim hears the the truth shall make you free.” therefore you do not  Words of Elohim, therefore you 33 They answered Him, “We are hear because you are not  not of  of Elohim.” the seed of Aḇraham, and have been

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1136 48 The Yahuḏim answered and said to the works of Elohim might be made Him, “ Do we not say well that You are a manifest in him. 4 “It is necessary for Me to work the Shomeronite and have a demon?” 49 works of Him who sent Me while it is OSwhy answered, “I do not have not have a day – night is coming, when no one is demon, but I value My Father Fa ther,, and you able to work. do not value not value Me. 5 50 “While I am in the world, I am the “And I do not seek My own esteem, light of the world.” there is One who is seeking and is 6 Having said this, He spat on the  judging. 51 ground and made clay with the saliva, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone and applied the clay to the eyes of the guards My Word he shall never see death at all.” blind man. blind  man. 52 7 The Yahuḏim said to Him, “Now we And He said to him, “Go, wash in the know that You have a demon! Aḇraham  pool of Shiloaḥ” (which means Sent). So  If  he went and washed, and came seeing. died, and the prophets. And You say, ‘ If  8 anyone guards My Word he shall never  Therefore the neighbours and those taste death at all.’ who saw him before, that he was blind, 53 “Are You greater than our father  said, “Is not this he who was sitting and Aḇraham, who died? And the prophets  begging?” 9 died. Whom do You make Yourself ?” ?” Others said, “This is he.” Others said  Others said , 54 OSwhy answered, “ If I esteem “He is like him.” He said, “I am.” 10 Myself , My esteem is none at all. It is So they said to him, “ How were your  My Father who esteems Me, of whom eyes opened?” 11 you say that He is your Elohim. He answered and said, “A Man Man called 55 “And you have not known Him, but I OSwhy made clay and applied it to know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool Him,’ I shall  shall be be like you, a liar. But I do of Shiloaḥ and wash.’ And I went and know Him and I guard His Word. washed and I received sight.” 56 “Your “Y our father Aḇraham was glad that 12 And they said to him, “Where is He?” he should see My day, and he saw it and He said,“I do not know.” did rejoice.” 13 They brought to the Pharisees the one 57 The Yahuḏim, therefore, said to Him, who was once blind . “You are not yet fty years old, and have 14 Now it was a Sabbath when OSwhy  You seen Aḇraham?” made the clay and opened his eyes. 58 OSwhy said to them, “Truly, truly, I 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked say to you, before Aḇraham came to be, him again how he had received his sight. I am.” He said to them, “He put clay on my 59 Therefore they picked up stones to eyes, and I washed, and I see.” throw at Him, but OSwhy was hidden 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, and went out of the Set-apart Place, “This Man is not from Elohim, because going through the midst of them, and so He does not guard the Sabbath.”  passed by. Others said, “ How is a man who is a  sinner able  sinner  able to do such miracles?” And there was a division among them. And passing by, He saw a man, 17 So they said to the blind  blind one one again, blind from blind  from birth. “What do you say about Him because 2 And His taught ones asked Him, He opened your eyes?” And he said, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned  who sinned , this man “He is a prophet.” or his parents, that he should be born 18 However, the Yahu Yahuḏim did not believe blind?”” blind? concerning him, that he had been blind  3 OSwhy answered, “Neither this and received his sight, til they called man nor his parents sinned  parents sinned , but that

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1137 the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying,“Is this your son, who you say was born blind?  How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered them and said, “Wee know that this is our son, and that “W he was born blind, 21  but how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age, ask him, he shall  shall speak  speak  concerning himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid  afraid of of the Yahu Yahuḏim, for the Yahuḏim had already agreed that if  anyone confessed that He was Messiah, he should be put out of the congregation. 23 Because of this his parents said, “He is of age, ask him.” 24 So for the second time they called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give esteem to Elohim, we know that sinner.”” this Man is a sinner. 25 Then he answered and said, “Whether  He is a sinner, I do not know. I only know that I was blind, now I see.” 26 And they asked him once more, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you not hear . Why do already and you did not hear  you wis,h to hear it again? Do you wish to become His taught ones too?” 28 abused him Then they abused  him and said, “You are His taught one, but we are taught ones of Mosheh. 29 “Wee know that Elohim has spoken to “W Mosheh, but this One, we do not know where He is from.” 30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a wonder! You do not  know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes! 31 “And we know that Elohim does not hear sinners. But if anyone fears Elohim and does His desire, He hears him. 32 “From of old it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind . 33 “ If this One were not from Elohim,

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He could have done none at all.” 34 They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins – and are you teaching us?” And they cast  cast him him out. 35 OSwhy heard that they had cast  cast him him out, and when He had found him, He said to him, “ Do you believe in the Son of Elohim?” 36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Master, that I might believe in Him?” 37 And OSwhy said to him, “You have  both seen Him and He who speaks with you is He.” 38 And he said, “Master, I believe,” and  bowed before Him. 39 And OSwhy said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those not seeing might see, and those seeing might  become blind.” 40 And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind, too?” 41 OSwhy said to them, “ If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see,’ therefore your sin your sin remains.

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“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter not enter through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up by another  thief and and a robber . way, that one is a thief  2 “ But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 “The doorkeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5 “And they shall  by  by no means follow a stranger, but shall fee from him, because they do not know the voice of  strangers.” 6 OSwhy used this gure of speech,  but they did not know what He had been saying to them.

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1138 7 blind?”” blind? OSwhy therefore said to them 22 At that time the Ḥanukkah came to be again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am in Yerushalayim, and it was winter. the door of the sheep. 23 8 And OSwhy was walking in “All who came before Me are thieves the Set-apart Place, in the porch of  and robbers, but the sheep did not hear  Shelomoh. them. 24 9 So the Yahuḏim surrounded Him and “I am the door. Whoever enters said to Him, “ How long do You keep us through Me, he shall  shall be be saved, and in suspense? If   If Y You are the Messiah, say  shall go in and shall go out and nd to us plainly.”  pasture. 25 10 OSwhy answered them, “I have told “The thief does not come except to you, and you do not believe. The works to slaughter, and to destroy. I  steal, and to slaughter, that I do in My Father’s Name, they have come that they might possess life,  bear witness concerning Me. and that they might possess it beyond 26 “ But  you  you do not believe, because you measure. 11 are not of My sheep, as I said to you. “I am the good shepherd. The good 27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I shepherd lays down His life for the know them, and they follow Me. sheep. 28 12 “And I give them everlasting life, “ But the hireling, and not being and they shall  by  by no means ever  perish,  perish, not own a shepherd, one who does not own  snatch them out of My and no one shall  snatch the sheep, sees the wolf coming and hand. leaves the sheep and ees. And the wolf  29 “My Father, who has given them to snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 Me, is greater than all. And no one is “Now the hireling ees because he is  snatch them out of My Father’s able to to snatch concerned about the a hireling and is not concerned about hand. sheep. 30 14 “I and My Father are one.” “I am the good shepherd. And I know 31 Again the Yahu Yahuḏim picked up stones Mine and Mine know Me, 15 to stone Him. even as the Father knows Me, and I 32 OSwhy answered them, “Many know the Father. And I lay down My good works I have shown you from life for the sheep. 16 My Father Fa ther.. Because of which of these “And other sheep I have which are works do you stone Me?” not of this fold – I have to bring them as 33 The Yahuḏim answered Him, saying, well, and they shall  shall hear hear My voice, and not stone You for a good work, “Wee do not stone “W there shall  shall be be one ock, one shepherd. 17 becausee You, You,  but for blasphemy, for blasphemy, and becaus “Because of this the Father loves  being a Man, make Yourself  Yourself Elohim Elohim.” Me, because I lay down My life, in 34 OSwhy answered them, “Is it not order to receive it again. 18 in your   your own own Torah, ‘I said, written in “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it “You are elohim” ’? down of Myself . I have authority to lay 35 “ If   If He He called them elohim, to whom it down, and I have authority to receive the word of Elohim came – and it it again. This command I have received is impossible for the Scripture to be from My Father.” 19  broken –  Again there came a division among 36 do you say of Him whom the Father the Yahuḏim because of these words, 20 set-apart and sent into the world, ‘You and many of them said, “He has a are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am demon and is mad, why do you listen to the Son of Elohim’? Him?” 37 21 not do the works of My “ If I do not do Others said, “These are not the Father, do not believe Me; words of one possessed by a demon. 38  but if I do, though you do not believe Is a demon able to open the eyes of the

YOḤANAN 11 1139 asleep, but I am going there, to wake Me, believe the works, so that you him up.” know and believe that the Father is in 12 Therefore the taught ones said to Me, and I in Him.” 39 Him, “Master, if he has fallen asleep he Therefore they were seeking again to  seize Him, but He went forth out of their   shall recover.” 13  But OSwhy had spoken about his hand, 40 death, whereas they thought that He and went once more to the other  spoke of taking rest in sleep. side of the Yardĕn to the place where 14 So then OSwhy said to them Yoḥanan was immersing at rst, and  plainly, “El‛azar has died. there He stayed. 15 41 “And for your sake I am glad I was And many came to Him and said, “Yo “Y oḥanan indeed did no sign, yet all that not there, in order for you to believe. let us go to him.” Yoḥanan said about this Man was true.”  But  16 T’oma, who is called the Twin, then 42 And many believed in Him there. said to his fellow taught ones, “Let us also go, so that we die with Him.” 17 Therefore, when OSwhy arrived, He found that he had already been four  And a certain one was sick, El‛azar from Bĕyth Anyah, Anyah, the village of  days in the tomb. 18 Now Bĕyth Anyah was near Miryam and her sister Martha. 2 Yerushalayim, about three kilometers (Now it was Miryam who anointed away. the Master with perfume and wiped His 19 And many of the Yahuḏim had come feet with her hair, whose brother El‛azar  to Martha and Miryam, to comfort them  sick ). was sick  was ). 3 concerning their brother brother.. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, 20 Martha, then, when she heard that saying, “Master, see, he whom You love OSwhy was coming, met Him, but is sick, sick,”” 4 Miryam was sitting in the house.  But when OSwhy heard, He said, 21 Martha, then, said to OSwhy , “This sickness “This  sickness is not unto death, but for  the esteem of Elohim, so that the Son of  “Master, if You had been here, my  brother would  brother  would not have not have died. Elohim might be esteemed by it.” 22 5 “ But even now I know that whatever  Now OSwhy loved Martha and her  You might ask of Elohim, Elohim shall  sister and El‛azar . 6 give You.” Therefore, when He heard that he 23 OSwhy said to her, “Your brother  was sick, then indeed He stayed at the  shall rise again.”  place where He was, two more days. 24 7 Martha said to Him, “I know that he Then after this He said to the taught  shall rise again in the resurrection at the ones, “Let us go back to Yahuḏah.” 8 day.” The taught ones said to Him, “Rabbi, last 25 OSwhy said to her, “I am the the Yahuḏim were but now seeking resurrection and the life. He who to stone You, and are You going back  believes in Me, though he dies, he shall  there?” 9 live. OSwhy answered, “Are there not 26 “And everyone that is living and twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks die at all. never die believing in Me shall never  in the day, he does not stumble, because  Do you believe this?” he sees the light of this world. 27 10 She said to Him, “Yea, Master, I “ But if anyone walks in the night, believe that You are the Messiah, the  stumbles, because the light is not in he stumbles, he Son of Elohim, who is coming into the him.” 11 world.” He said this, and after that He said 28 And having said this she went away to them, “Our friend El‛azar has fallen and called her sister Miryam secretly, secretly,

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1140 saying, “The Teacher is here and calls with a loud voice, “El‛azar, come out!” 44 you.” And he who died came out bound  bound feet feet 29 When she heard, she rose up quickly and hands with wrappings, and his face and came to Him. was wrapped with a cloth. OSwhy said 30 And OSwhy had not yet come into to them, “Loosen him, and let him go.” 45 the village, but was in the place where Therefore many of the Yahuḏim who Martha met Him. had come to Miryam, and had seen what 31 OSwhy did, believed in Him. Therefore the Yahuḏim who were 46  But some of them went away to the with her in the house, and were Pharisees and told them what OSwhy  comforting her, when they saw that did. Miryam rose up quickly and went out, 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees followed her, saying, “She is going to gathered a council and said, “What shall  the tomb to weep there.” we do? Because this Man does many 32 Miryam, therefore, when she came signs. where OSwhy was, and saw Him, she 48 “ If we let Him alone like this, they all fell down at His feet, saying to Him, shall believe in Him, and the Romans “Master, if You had been here, my  shall come  shall  come and take away from us both would not have not have died. died.””  brother would  brother  33 our place and nation.” OSwhy , therefore, when He saw her  49 And one of them, Qayapha, being weeping, and the Yahu Yahuḏim who came high priest that year, said to them, “You with her weeping  her weeping , He groaned in the know naught, spirit and was troubled, 50 34 neither do you consider that it is and said, “Where have you laid him?”  better for us that one man die for the They said to Him, “Master, come and  people than that the entire nation should see.”  perish.””  perish. 35 OSwhy wept. 51 not say this from himself,  But he did not say 36 The Yahuḏim therefore said, “See  but being high priest that year he how He loved Him!”  prophesied that OSwhy was about to 37 And some of them said, “Was this die for the nation, 52 One, who opened the eyes of the blind, and not for the nation only, but to not also able to prevent this one from gather together into one the children of  dying?” were scattered abroad. abroad. Elohim who were scattered  38 OSwhy , therefore, again groaning in 53 plotted to So from that day on they plotted  to Himself , came to the tomb. Now it was kill Him. a cave, and a stone lay against  against it. it. 54 OSwhy therefore no longer went 39 OSwhy said, “Take away the openly among the Yahuḏim, but went stone.” Martha, the sister of him who from there into the country near the had died, said to Him, “Master, already wilderness, to a city called Ephrayim, he smells, for it is four days.” and remained there with His taught 40 OSwhy said to her, “Did I not say to ones. you, that if you believe, you shall  shall see see 55 Yahuḏim Now the Passover of the Yahu the esteem of Elohim?” was near, and many went from the 41 So they took away the stone where country up to Yerushalayim before the the dead  dead man man was laid. And OSwhy  Passover, to set themselves apart. lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I 56 And so they were seeking OSwhy , thank You You that You You have heard Me. and spoke among one another, standing 42 “And I know tha thatt You You always hear in the Set-apart Place, “What do you Me, but because of the crowd standing think? Is He not coming to the festival  by I said this, in order that they believe at all?” that You sent Me.” 57 And both the chief priests and the 43 And when He had said this, He cried

YOḤANAN 12 1141 Pharisees had given a command, that if  is coming in the Name of HWHY , the anyone knew where He was, he should Sovereign of Yisra’ĕl!” 14 disclose it, in order for them to seize And OSwhy , having found a young Him. donkey,, sat on it, as it has been written: donkey 15 “ Do not fear, daughter of Tsiyon, see, your Sovereign is coming, sitting on the colt of a donkey.” Accordingly OSwhy , six days 16 At rst His taught ones did not   before the Passover, came to Bĕyth understand this. But when OSwhy  Anyah, where El‛azar was, who had died, was esteemed, then they remembered whom He raised from the dead. that this was written about Him and that 2 So they made Him a supper there, and they had done this to Him. Martha served, while El‛azar was one of  17 Therefore the crowd, who were with those who sat at the table with Him. Him when He called El‛azar out of his 3 Then Miryam took a pound of costly tomb and raised him from the dead,  perfume of nard, anointed the feet of  were bearing witness. OSwhy , and wiped His feet with her  18 On account of this the crowd also met hair. And the house was lled with the Him, because they heard that He had fragrance of the perfume. done this sign. 4 Then one of His taught ones, 19 The Pharisees then said among them Yahuḏah from Qerioth, son of Shim‛on, selves, “Y “You ou see how you are getting who was about to deliver Him up, said, nowhere at all. Look, the world has gone 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for  after Him!” three hundred pieces of silver and given 20 And there were certain Greeks among to the poor ?” ?” those coming up to worship at the 6 And he said this, not because he was festival. concerned about the poor , but because 21 These then came to Philip, who was he was a thief, and had the bag, and he from Bĕyth Tsaiḏa of Galil, and were used to take what was put in it. asking him, saying, “Master, we wish 7 OSwhy then said, “Let her alone, to see OSwhy .” .” she has kept this for the day of My 22 Philip came and told Andri, and in  burial. turn Andri and Philip told OSwhy . 8 poor you “For the poor  you have with you 23 And OSwhy answered them, not have always, but Me you do not have saying, “The hour has come for the Son always.” of Aḏam to be esteemed. 9 Then a great crowd of the Yahuḏim 24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a learned that He was there. And they grain of wheat falls into the ground and came, not on account of OSwhy only, dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it  but also to see El‛azar, whom He had  bears much fruit. raised from the dead. 25 ”He who loves his life shall lose it, 10 And the chief priests resolved to kill  and he who hates his life in this world El‛azar as well,  shall preserve  shall  preserve it for everlasting life. 11 because on account of him many of  26 “ If anyone serves Me, let him follow the Yahuḏim went away and believed in Me. And where I am, there My servant OSwhy . also shall  shall be. be. If   If anyone serves Me, the 12 On the next day a great crowd who Father shall value him. had come to the festival, when they 27 “Now I Myself am troubled, and what heard that OSwhy was coming to  shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this Yerushalayim, hour’?  But for this reason I came to 13 took the branches of palm trees and this hour. went out to meet Him, and were crying 28 “Father, esteem Your Name.” Then out, “Hoshia-na! Blessed is He who a voice came from the heaven, “I have

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 both esteemed it and shall  shall esteem esteem it again.” 29 So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying there had been thunder. Others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.” 30 OSwhy answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. 31 “Now is the judgment of this world, now the ruler of this world shall   shall be be cast  out. 32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Myself .” .” 33 This He said, signifying by what death He was about to die. 34 The crowd answered Him, “We have heard out of the Torah that the Messiah remains forever. And how h ow do d o You You say say,, ‘The Son of Aḏam has to be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Aḏam?” 35 OSwhy , therefore, said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk  while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. And he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 “While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you become sons of  light.” These words OSwhy spoke, and went off and was hidden from them. 37  But though He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Yeshayah Yeshayahu u the prophet might be lled, which he spoke, “HWHY , who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of HWHY   been revealed?” 39 Because of this they were unable to believe, because again Yeshayahu said: 40 ”He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they should not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.” 41 Yeshayahu said this when he saw His esteem and spoke of Him. 42 Still, even among the rulers many did believe in Him, but because of  the Pharisees they did not confess

Him, lest they should be put out of the congregation, 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Elohim. 44 out and said, “He Then OSwhy cried out and who believes in Me, believes not in Me  but in Him who sent Me. 45 “And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 “I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in darkness.. Me should stay in darkness 47 “And if anyone hears My Words  but does not watch over them, I do not   judge him. For I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 ”He who rejects Me, and does not  receive My Words, has one who judges him: the Word that I have spoken shall   judge him in the last day. 49 “Because I spoke not from Myself ,  but the Father who sent Me has given Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak . 50 “And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

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And before the Festival of the Passover, OSwhy knowing that His hour had come that He should move out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 And supper taking place, the devil  having already put it into the heart of  Yahuḏah from Qerioth, son of Shim‛on, to deliver Him up, 3 OSwhy , knowing that the Father had given all into His hands, and that He had come from Elohim and was going to Elohim, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, and having taken a towel, He girded Himself . 5 After that He put water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the taught ones, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

YOḤANAN 13 1143 6 And so He came to Shim‛on K ĕ pha, you shall  shall deliver deliver Me up.” 22 and he said to Him, “Master, do You The taught ones looked at one another, doubting of whom He spoke. wash my feet?” 23 7 And one of His taught ones, whom OSwhy answered and said to him, “You do not know what I am doing now, OSwhy loved, was reclining on the  bosom of OSwhy . shall know know after this.”  but you shall  24 8 Shim‛on K ĕ pha then motioned to him K ĕ pha said to Him, “By no means to ask who it was of whom He spoke.  shall Y  shall  You wash my feet, ever!” 25 And leaning back on the breast of  OSwhy answered him, “ If I do not OSwhy he said to Him, “Master, who no part   part with with Me.” wash you, you have no 9 Shim‛on K ĕ pha said to Him, “Master, is it?” 26 OSwhy answered, “It is he to not my feet only, but also my hands and whom I shall give a piece of bread my head!” 10 when I have dipped it.” And having OSwhy said to him, “He who has had a bath does not need not need to wash, except  dipped the bread, He gave it to Yahuḏah his feet, but is clean altogether. And you from Qerioth, son of Shim‛on. 27 are clean, but not all of you.” And after the piece of bread, Satan 11 For He knew who would deliver entered into him. OSwhy , therefore, Him up, so He said, “You are not all said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” 28 clean.”  But no one at the table knew why He 12 So when He had washed their feet said this to him, 29 and taken His garments, and sat down for some were supposing, because Yahuḏah had the bag, that OSwhy  again, He said to them, “ Do you know was saying to him, “Buy what we need what I have done to you? 13 for the festival,” or that he should give “You call me Teacher and Master, somewhat to the poor . and you say well, for I am. 30 14 So, having received the piece of  “Then if I, Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to  bread, he then went out straightaway, and it was night. wash one another’ another ’s feet. 31 15 When, therefore, he went out, “For I gave you an example, that you OSwhy said, “Now the Son of Aḏam should do as I have done to you. 16 has been esteemed, and Elohim has been “Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant esteemed in Him. is not greater than his master, nor is an 32 Elohim has been esteemed in “ If   If Elohim emissary greater than he who sent him. 17 Him, Elohim shall also esteem Him in “ If you know these teachings, Himself, and straightaway esteem Him. blessed are you if you do them. 33 18 “Little children, yet a little while I “I do not speak concerning all of you. am with you. You shall  shall seek seek Me, and I know whom I have chosen, but that as I said to the Yahuḏim, ‘Where I am the Scripture might be lled, ‘He who going, you are unable to come,’ I now eats bread with Me has lifted up his also say to you. heel against Me.’ 34 19 “A renewed command I give to “Now I say to you, before it takes you, that you love one another, as I  place, that when it does take place, you have loved you, that you also love one  shall believe  shall  believe that I am. 20 another. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who 35 “By this shall  shall all all know that you are receives whomever I send, receives Me. My taught ones, if you have love for  And he who receives Me, receives Him one another.” who sent Me.” 36 21 Shim‛on K ĕ pha said to Him, “Master, When OSwhy had said this He was where are You going?” OSwhy  troubled in troubled  in spirit, and witnessed and answered him, “Where I am going said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of 

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1144 you are unable to follow Me now, but these he shall do, because I go to My follow Me.” afterwards you shall  shall follow Father. 37 13 K ĕ pha said to Him, “Master, why am “And whatever you ask in My Name, I unable to follow You You now n ow? I shall  shall lay lay that I shall  shall do do, in order that the Father down my life for You.” might be esteemed in the Son. 38 14 OSwhy answered him, “ Shall you ask whatever  “ If you ask  whatever in My Name, I lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly,  shall do it. 15 I say to you, the cock shall not crow “ If you love Me, you shall  shall guard guard My at all until you have denied Me three commands. 16 times. “And I shall  shall ask  ask the Father, and He  shall give you another Helper, to stay with you forever –  17 the Spirit of the Truth, whom the “Let not your heart be troubled . world is unable to receive, because it Believe in Elohim, believe also in Me. does not see Him or know Him. But  Him. But  2 “In My Father’s house are many you know Him, for He stays with you staying places. And if not, I would have and shall  shall be be in you. 18 told you. I go to prepare a place for you. “I shall not leave you orphans – I am 3 “And if I go and prepare a place for  coming to you. 19 come again and receive you you, I shall  shall come “Yet a little while, and the world no to Myself , that where I am, you might longer sees Me, but you shall  shall see see Me,  be too. because I live, and you shall  live. shall live. 4 20 “And where I go you know, and the “In that day you shall  shall know know that I way you know.” am in My Father, and you in Me, and I 5 T’oma said to Him, “Master, we do in you. 21 not know where You are going, and how  ”He who possesses My commands are we able to know the way?” and guards them, it is he who loves Me. 6 OSwhy said to him, “I am the Way And he who loves Me shall  shall be be loved and the Truth and the Life. No one  by My Father and I shall  shall love love him and comes to the Father except through Me. manifest Myself to him.” 7 22 “ If you had known Me, you would Yahuḏah – not the one from Qerioth have known My Father too. From now  – said to Him, “Master, what has come on you know Him, and have seen.” about that You are about to manifest 8 Philip said to Him, “Master, show us Yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 the Father, and it is enough for us.” OSwhy answered him, “ If anyone 9 OSwhy said to him, “Have I been shall guard guard My Word. loves Me, he shall  with you so long and you have not My Father shall  shall love love him, and We shall  known Me, Philip? He who has seen come to him and make Our stay with Me has seen the Father, and how do you him. 24 ”He who does not love Me does not  say,, ‘Show us the Father’? say 10 guard My Words. And the Word which “ Do you not believe that I am in the you hear is not  not Mine Mine but of the Father Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak  Who sent Me. 25 “These Words I have spoken to you from Myself . But the Father who stays while still with you. in Me does His works. 26 11 “ But the Helper, the Set-apart “Believe Me that I am in the Father Spirit, whom the Father shall send in and the Father in Me, otherwise believe My Name, He shall  shall teach teach you all, and Me because of the works themselves. 12 remind you of all that I said to you. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who 27 “Peace I leave with you – My peace believes in Me, the works that I do he not give to you as the I give to you. I do not give  shall do also. And greater works than world gives. Do not  not let let your heart be

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Spirit of the Truth, Who comes from the Father, He shall  bear   bear witness of  Me, 27  but you also bear witness, because you have been with Me from the  beginning.

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“These words I have spoken to you, so that you do not stumble. 2 “They shall  put  put you out of the congregations, but an hour is coming when everyone who kills you shall think  think he he is rendering service to Elohim. 3 “And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me. 4 “ But I have said these words to you, so that when the hour comes you remember that I told them to you. And not say to you at the these words I did not say  beginning, for I was with you. 5 “ But   But now now I go away to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ 6 “ But   But because because I have said these words to you, grief has lled your heart. 7 “ But I say the truth to you. It is  better for you that I go away, away, for if I do not go not  go away, the Helper shall not come to you at all, but if I go, I shall  shall send send Him to you. 8 “And having come, He shall  reprove the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment –  9 concerning sin because they do not  believe in Me, 10 concerning righteousness because I go to My Father and you see Me no more, 11 concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. 12 “I still have many words to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. 13 “But when He comes, the Spirit of  the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever  whatever He He hears He

 shall speak, and He shall  shall announce announce to you what is to come. 14 “He shall  shall esteem esteem Me for He shall  take of what is Mine and announce it to you. 15 “All that the Father has is Mine. That is why I said that He takes from what is Mine and announces it to you. 16 “A little while, and you and you do not see Me, and again a little while, and you  shall see  shall  see Me.” 17 Therefore some of His taught ones said to one another, “What is this that and you do He says to us, ‘A little while, and you not see Me, and again a little while and you shall  shall see see Me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they said, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is saying.” 19 OSwhy , therefore, knew that they were wishing  wishing to to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you asking one another  about what I said, ‘A little while, and  you do not see Me, and again a little while, and you shall  shall see see Me’? 20 “Truly, truly, I say to you that you  shall weep and lament, but the world  shall rejoice. And you shall  shall be be grieved ,  but your grief shall  become  become joy. 21 “The woman has grief when she is in labour, because her hour has come,  but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the afiction,, for joy that a man was born afiction into the world. 22 “And you, therefore, have grief now,  but I shall  shall see see you again and your heart  shall rejoice,  shall  rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you. 23 ask Me “And in that day you shall  shall ask none at all. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My Name He shall give you. 24 “Until now you have asked naught in My Name. Ask and you shall  receive, in order that your joy might be complete. 25 “These words I have spoken to you in gures of speech, but an hour is coming when I shall no longer speak 

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1147 to you in gures of speech, but I shall  declare the Father plainly to you. 26 “In that day you shall  shall ask  ask in My not say to you that I Name, and I do not say  pray the Father on your behalf,  shall  pray 27 for the Father Himself does love you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from Elohim. 28 “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.” 29 His taught ones said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly and not using gure of speech! 30 “Now we know that You know all and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from Elohim.” 31 OSwhy answered them, “ Do you now believe? 32 “See, an hour is coming and has now come, that you are scattered  are scattered , each to his own and leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with Me. 33 “These words I have spoken to you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world you have pressure, but take courage, I have overcome the world.”

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these words, and lifted up His eyes to the heaven, and said, “Father “Father,, the hour has come. Esteem Your Son, so that Your Son also might esteem You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all esh, that He should give everlasting life to all whom You have given Him. 3 “And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and OSwhy Messiah whom You have sent. 4 “I have esteemed You on the earth, having accomplished the work You have given Me that I should do. 5 “And now, esteem Me with Yourself , Father, with the esteem which I had with You before the world was.

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“I have revealed Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word. 7 “Now they have come to know that all You gave to Me, is from You. 8 “Because the Words which You You gave g ave to Me, I have given to them. And they have received them, and have truly known that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. 9 “I pray for them. I do not  pray  pray for  the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I have been esteemed in them. 11 “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are. 12 “When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them  perished except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be lled. 13 You. And I speak  “Now I come to You. these words in the world, so that they have My joy completed in them. 14 “I have given them Your word, and hated them the world hated  them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. 15 “I do not  pray  pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the wicked one. 16 “They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. 17 “Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth. 18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world. 19 “And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set-apart in truth. 20 “And I do not  pray  pray for these alone,  but also for those believing in Me through their word, 21 so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that

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they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me. 22 “And the esteem which You gave Me I have given them, so that they might be one as We are one, 23 “I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. 24 “Father,, I desire that those whom “Father You have given Me, might be with Me where I am, so that they see My esteem which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 “O righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You, and these knew that You sent Me. 26 “And I have made Your Name known to them, and shall  shall make make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me might be in them, and I in them.”

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Having said these words, OSwhy went out with His taught ones beyond the Qiḏron torrent, where there was a garden, into which He and His taught ones entered. 2 And Yahu ḏah, who delivered Him up, also knew the place, because OSwhy often met there with His taught ones. 3 Yahuḏah, then, having received the company of soldiers, and ofcers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. 4 OSwhy , then, knowing all that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered Him, “OSwhy of   Natsareth.” OSwhy said to them, “I am.” And Yahuḏah, who delivered Him up, was also standing with them. 6 When, therefore, He said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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Once more He asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “OSwhy  of Natsareth.” 8 OSwhy answered, “I said to you that I am. If, then, you seek Me, allow these to go,” 9 in order that the word might be lled which He spoke, “Of those whom You lost none.” none.” have given Me, I have lost  10 Then Shim‛on K ĕ pha, having a  sword, drew it and struck  and struck the the high  priest’ss servant, and cut off his  priest’ off his right ear. And the servant’ servant’ss name was Meleḵ . 11 Then OSwhy said to K ĕ pha, “Put sword into your sword  your  into the sheath. Shall I not drink the drink  the cup which My Father has given Me?” 12 Then the company of soldiers and the commander and the ofcers of the Yahuḏim seized OSwhy and bound  Him, 13 and they led Him away to Ḥanan rst, for he was the father-in-law of  Qayapha who was high priest that year. 14 Now Qayapha was the one who gave counsel to the Yahuḏim that it was better  that one man should die for the people. 15 And Shim‛on K ĕ pha followed OSwhy , with another taught one, and that taught one was known to the high  priest, and went with OSwhy into the courtyard of the high priest. 16  But K ĕ pha was standing outside at the door. So the other taught one, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and  brought K ĕ pha in. 17 Then the servant girl who kept the door said to K ĕ pha, “Are you also one of this Man’s taught ones?” He said, “I am not.” 18 And the servants and ofcers who had made a re a re of coals stood there, because it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And K ĕ pha was standing with them and warming himself. 19 Then the high priest asked OSwhy  about His taught ones and His teaching. 20 OSwhy answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in

1149 the congregation and in the Set-apart Yahuḏim always meet, Place, where the Yahu and I spoke no word in secret. 21 “Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. See, they know what I said.” 22 And when He had said this, one of the ofcers who stood by slapped OSwhy  in the face, saying,“ Do You answer the high priest this way?” 23 OSwhy answered him, “ If I have evilly,, bear witness of the evil , spoken evilly  but if well, why do you strike Me?” 24 bound to to the Then Ḥanan sent Him bound  high priest, Qayapha. 25 And Shim‛on K ĕ pha was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him, “ Are you also one of His taught ones?” denied it it and said, “I am not!” He denied  26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear K ĕ pha cut off, cut  off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” 27 denied it, it, and Then K ĕ pha again denied  immediately a cock crowed. 28 Then they led OSwhy from Qayapha to the palace, and it was early. early. And they not go into the palace, themselves did not go lest they should be deled , but that they might eat the Passover. 29 Pilate, therefore, came out to them and said, “What accusation do you  bring against  against this this Man?” 30 They answered and said to him, “ If  -doer, we would not  He were not an evil -doer, have delivered Him up to you.” 31 Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your  law.” The Yahuḏim said to him, “It is not death,”” right for us to put anyone to death, 32 in order that the word of OSwhy  might be lled which He spoke, signifying by what death He was about to die. 33 Then Pilate went back into the  palace, and called OSwhy , and said to Him, “Are You the Sovereign of the Yahuḏim?” 34 OSwhy answered him, “ Do you say this from yourself, or did others talk to you about Me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Yahuḏite?

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Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What did You do?” 36 OSwhy answered, “My reign is not of this world. If   If My My reign were of  this world, My servants would ght, so that I should not be delivered to the  But now now My reign is not from Yahuḏim. But  here.” 37 Then Pilate said to Him, “You are a sovereign, then?” OSwhy answered, “You say it, because I am a Sovereign. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear  witness to the truth. Everyone who is of  the truth hears My voice.” 38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Yahuḏim, and said to them, guilt in Him. “I nd no guilt in 39 “ But you have a habit that I shall  release someone to you at the Passover.  Do you wish, then, that I release to you the Sovereign of the Yahu Yahuḏim?” 40 shouted again, again, saying, Then they all shouted  “Not this One, but Barabba!” And Barabba was a robber .

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Then, therefore, Pilate took  OSwhy and ogged Him. 2 And the soldiers plaited a crown of  thorns and placed it on His head, and they put a purple robe on Him, 3 and came to Him and said, “Greetings, Sovereign of the Yahuḏim!” And they slapped Him in the face. 4 And Pilate went outside again, and said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you, to let you know that I nd no  guilt in  guilt  in Him.” 5 Then OSwhy came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the  purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “See the Man!” 6 So when the chief priests and ofcers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Impale! Impale!” Pilate said to them, “Y “You take Him and impale Him, for I nd no guilt  in Him.” 7 The Yahuḏim answered him, “We

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have a law, and according to our law this title, for the place where OSwhy  He ought to die, for He has made was impaled was near the city, and it Himself the Son of Elohim.” was written in Heḇrew, in Greek, in 8 So when Pilate heard this word, he Roman. 21 was more afraid , So the chief priests of the Yahuḏim 9 and went back into the palace, and said to Pilate, “ Do not write,‘The asked OSwhy ,“ ,“Where are You from?” Yahuḏim,’but, ‘He Sovereign of the Yahu  But OSwhy gave him no answer. said, “I am the Sovereign of the 10 Then Pilate said to Him, “ Do You not Yahuḏim.” ’ ” speak to me? Do You not know that I 22 Pilate answered, “What  I have  I have possess authority to impale You, and I written, I   I have have written.” possess authority to release You?” 23 Then the soldiers, when they had 11 OSwhy answered, “You would impaled OSwhy , took His outer  possess no authority against Me if  garments and made four parts, to each it were not given you from above. soldier a part, and the inner garment. Because of this, he who delivered Me to  But the inner garment was without seam, sin. ” you has greater has greater sin.” woven from the top in one piece. 12 From then on Pilate was seeking to 24 So they said to each other, “Let us release Him, but the Yahu Yahuḏim shouted, tear it, not tear  it, but cast lots for it – whose it saying, “ If you release this One, you  shall be,  shall  be,” in order that the Scripture are not Caesar’ Caesar ’s friend. Everyone who might be lled which says, “They makes himself a sovereign, does speak  divided My garments among them, and against Caesar.” against  Caesar.” cast lots.” for My clothing they cast  lots.” The 13 Therefore, when Pilate heard these soldiers therefore indeed did this. words, he brought OSwhy out and 25 And by the stake of OSwhy stood sat down in the judgment seat in a place His mother, and His mother’s sister, that is called Pavement, but in Heḇrew, Miryam the wife of Qlophah, and Gabbatha. Miryam from Maḡdala. 14 And it was the Preparation Day Preparation Day of  26 Then OSwhy , seeing His mother  the Passover week, and about the sixth and the taught one whom He loved hour. And he said to the Yahuḏim, “See standing by, He said to His mother, your Sovereign!” “Woman, see your son!” 15 shouted, d, “A “Away way,, away a way,,  But they shoute 27 Then to the taught one He said, impale Him!” Pilate said to them, “ Shall  “See, your mother!” And from that hour I impale your Sovereign?” The chief   priests answered, “We “We have no sovereign that taught one took her to his own home. except Caesar!” 28 16 After this, OSwhy , knowing At that time, then, he delivered Him that all had been accomplished, in to them to be impaled. And And they took  order that the Scripture might be OSwhy and led Him away. 17 accomplished, said, “I thirst!” And bearing His stake, He went out 29 A bowl of sour wine stood there, and to the so-called Place of a Skull, which they lled a sponge with sour wine, put is called in Heḇrew, Golgotha, 18 it on hyssop, and held it to His mouth. where they impaled Him, and two 30 So when OSwhy took the sour wine others with Him, one on this side and He said, “It has been accomplished!” one on that side, and OSwhy in the And bowing His head, He gave up His middle. 19 spirit. And Pilate wrote a title too, and 31 Therefore, since it was the  put it on the stake, and it was written: Day,, that the bodies should Preparation Day OSwhy OF NATSARETH, THE not remain on the stake on the Sabbath T HE YAHU YAHUḎIM. SOVEREIGN OF THE 20  – for that Sabbath was a high one – the Many of the Yahuḏim therefore read

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1151 Yahuḏim asked Pilate to have their legs broken and that they be taken away away.. 32 Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the rst, and of the other who was impaled with Him, 33  but when they came to OSwhy and saw that He was already dead, they did  not break His legs. 34  But one of the soldiers pierced  His side with a spear, and instantly blood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has witnessed, and his witness is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, in order that you might believe. 36 For this took place in order for the Scripture to be lled: “Not one of His  bones shall  shall be be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they  pierced.” 38 And after this, Yosĕ ph of  Ramathayim, being a taught one of  OSwhy , but secretly, for fear of the Yahuḏim, asked Pilate that he might take the body of OSwhy , and Pilate gave  permission. Therefore he came and took  the body of OSwhy . 39 And Naḵ dimon, dimon, who at rst came to OSwhy by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of OSwhy , bound it and bound  it in linen wrappings with the spices, as was the habit of the Yahu Yahuḏim for burial. 41 And at the place where He was impaled there was a garden, and in the garden a fresh tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 There, then, because of the Yahuḏim, they Preparation Day of the Yahu laid OSwhy , because the tomb was near.

So she ran and came to Shim‛on K ĕ pha, and to the other taught one whom OSwhy loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they laid Him.” 3 Then K ĕ pha and the other taught one went out and they were going to the tomb, 4 and the two were running together,  but the other taught one outran K ĕ pha and came to the tomb rst. 5 And stooping down he saw the linen not go in. wrappings lying , but he did not go 6 Then Shim‛on K ĕ pha came, following him, and went into the tomb. And And he saw the linen wrappings lying , 7 and the cloth which had been on His head, not lying  lying with with the linen wrappings,  but folded up in a place by itself. 8 So, then, the other taught one, who came to the tomb rst, also went in. And he saw and believed. 9 not yet know the For they did not yet Scripture, that He has to rise again from the dead. 10 Therefore the taught ones went away again, by themselves. 11  But Miryam was standing outside by the tomb weeping. Then as she wept, she stooped down to the tomb, 12 and saw two messengers in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of OSwhy had  been laid. 13 And they said to her, “Woman, why do you weep?” She said to them, “Because they took away my Master, and I do not know where they laid Him.” 14 And having said this, she turned around and saw OSwhy standing, but she did not know that it was OSwhy . 15 OSwhy said to her, “Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said to Him, “Master, if You have carried And on the rst day of the week  Him away, say to me where You put Miryam from Maḡdala came early to the Him, and I shall take Him away.” 16 tomb, while it was still dark, and saw OSwhy said to her, “Miryam!” “Miryam!” that the stone had been removed from She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” the tomb. (which means Teacher).

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not hold to her, “ Do not  hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But  Father.  But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father and to My Elohim and your Elohim.’ ” 18 Miryam from Maḡdala came announcing to the taught ones that she had seen the Master, and that He had told her this. 19 When therefore it was evening on that day, the rst day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the taught ones met, for fear of the Yahuḏim, OSwhy came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace to you.” 20 And having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The taught ones therefore rejoiced when they saw the Master. 21 Then OSwhy said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And having said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the set-apart Spirit. 23 “ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, any, they have been retained.” 24  But T’oma, called the Twin, one of  the twelve, was not with them when OSwhy came, 25 so the other taught ones said to him, “We have seen the Master.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and put my nger into the imprint of the nails, and put my  by no means hand into His side, I shall  by believe.” 26 And after eight days His taught ones were again inside, and T’oma with them. OSwhy came, the doors having been shut, and He stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to T’oma,“Bring your  nger here, and see My hands. Bring your hand and put it into My side – and do not  be  be unbelieving , but believing.” 28 And T’oma answered and said to Him, “My Master and my Elohim!” 29 OSwhy said to him, “T’oma, OSwhy said

because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen not  seen and have believed.” 30 There were indeed many other signs that OSwhy did in the presence of His taught ones, which are not written in this book , 31  but these have been written so that you believe that OSwhy is the Messiah, the Son of Elohim, and that, believing, you might possess life in His Name.

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After this OSwhy manifested Himself again to the taught ones at the Sea of Kinnereth, and He manifested this way: 2 Shim‛on K ĕ pha, and T’oma called the Twin, and Nethanĕ’l of Qanah in Galil, the sons of Zaḇdai, and two others of  His taught ones were together. 3 Shim‛on K ĕ pha said to them, “I am going to sh.” They said to him, “We “We are also coming with you.” They went out and immediately entered into the boat. And that night they caught none at all. 4  But when it became early morning, OSwhy stood on the beach. However, the taught ones did not know that it was OSwhy . 5 Then OSwhy said to them, “Children, have you any food?” They answered Him, “No.” 6 And He said to them, “Throw the net  on the right side of the boat, and you  shall nd.” So they threw, and they were no longer able to draw it in because of  the large number of sh. 7 That taught one whom OSwhy  loved then said to K ĕ pha, “It is the Master!” Then Shim‛on K ĕ pha, hearing that it was the Master, put on his outer  garment – for he was stripped – and  plunged into the sea. 8 And the other taught ones came in the little little boat  boat – for they were not far  from land, but about two hundred cubits dragging the net with  – dragging   –  the net  with sh. 9 So when they had come to land, they saw a re of coals there, and sh laid on

YOḤANAN 21 1153 it and bread. who is the one who is delivering You 10 up?” OSwhy said to them, “Bring some of  21 the sh which you have now caught.” Seeing him, K ĕ pha said to OSwhy , 11 Shim‛on K ĕ pha went up and dragged   But Master, Master, what about this one?” “ But  22 net to the net  to land, lled with one hundred OSwhy said to him, “ If I wish him and fty-three big sh. And though there to remain til I come, what is that to you? net was were so many, the net  was not broken. You follow Me.” 12 23 OSwhy said to them, “Come, have Therefore this word went out among breakfast.” And not one of the taught the brothers that this taught one would  ones had the courage to ask Him, “Who not die. However, OSwhy did not say not say are You?,” knowing that it was the to him that he would not die, but, “ If I Master. desire him to remain until I come, what 13 OSwhy came and took the bread is it to you?” 24 and gave it to them and the same with This is the taught one who bears the sh. witness about these matters, and wrote 14 third time time OSwhy  these matters. And we know that his This was now the third  was manifested to His taught ones after  witness is true. 25 He was raised from the dead. Now there is much else that OSwhy  15 When, therefore, they had eaten did. If   If every every one of them were written think that  breakfast, OSwhy said to Shim‛on down, I think  that the world itself would  itself would  K ĕ pha, “Shim‛on, son of Yonah, do you not contain not  contain the written book s. s. Amĕn. love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yea, Master, You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My

lambs.” 16 He said to him again, the second  time, “Shim‛on, son of Yonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yea, Master, You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.” 17 He said to him the third  third time, time, “Shim‛on, son of Yonah, do you love Me?” K ĕ pha was sad because He said time, “ Do you love to him the third  third time, Me?” And he said to Him, “Master, You know all, You know that I love You.” OSwhy said to him, “Feed My sheep. 18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger you girded yourself and walked where you wished, but when you are old you shall stretch out your hands, and another shall gird you and bring you where you do not wish.” 19 Now this He said, signifying by what death he would esteem Elohim. And having said this, He said to him, “Follow Me.” 20 And K ĕ pha, turning around, saw the taught one whom OSwhy loved following, who also had leaned on His  breast at the supper, and said, “Master,